Afghan War Blog

LGBT - It's Okay Now.  In times gone by a member of the intelligence community having an 'alternative lifestyle' could be a ca...

CID Director Criticized by Former Spooks.  "Former CIA officers are expressing exasperation over John Brennan's recent remark tha...

Book -  Playing to The Edge.    Michael V. Hayden, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency has...

Bureau of Counterterrorism Renamed.  The new name is the "Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism". This nam...

Canada & "Five Eyes". "Canada has stopped sharing intel with its allies after it discovered that its citizens' met...

Intelligence and U3 Information. The world of conflict has changed but some people think the intelligence world has not kept up. In past ...

Article - Presidential Intelligence.  Samuel F. Rascoff has penned an article concerning the role of the President and the National Securi...

Defense Clandestine Service. A relatively new kid on the block in the intelligence community is the Defense Clandestine Service (DCS). It...

Logo of the NDS An examination of the story behind the resignation in early December 2015 of the chief of the Afghan National Directorat...

Afghan Intelligence Chief Resigns. The chief of the Afghan spy agency - National Directorate of Security or NDS - has resigned amid polic...

Khost Protection Force & the CIA - Part 1. A regional counterterrorism pursuit team set up in Khost province by the CIA has been prob...

Snowden? "Hang Him". Former CIA Chief Woolsey believes that Snowden is partially responsible for the terrorist attacks in Paris...

Snowden Aiding in Rise of Islamic State.  A former acting head of the CIA, Michael Morell, says the Paris attacks by ISIS have exposed ho...

National Cryptologic School. Where does the National Security Agency (NSA) get its trained cryptologists? They recruit and then train the...

Corporate Espionage and Drones.  Have you ever operated a Raven UAV ? (See photo of Raven at left). You may have new job possibilities in ...

CIA's Red Cell.  After 9/11 the agency developed a semi-independent organization called the 'Red Cell' that was charged with g...

CIA Psychologists Being Sued. A lawsuit was filed this past week in federal court in Spokane, Washington against a pair of psychologists ...

Victory / Defeat Not Always Final. An intelligence professional, using setbacks such as the Snowdon treachery or China's downloading ...

OPM Breach, the CIA, and China.  According to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper the ". . . CIA  pulled a number of offi...

Intel Analyst Revolt at CENTCOM? One news article is reporting a 'revolt' by intelligence professionals working at Central Command...